We are often told that Canada’s single payer health system is the ideal for the USA. I once believed it. No longer. Canada rations care, occasionally by refusing coverage but mostly by loooo—ooo—ooong waits for needed tests and care. True, the country is trying to improve, . . . . Continue Reading »
Maryland recently has seen a 40 percent drop in homicides related to domestic violence, a stunning change that Tim Stelloh, writing in The New Republic , credits to a screen used for determining the risk faced by victims: The lethality screen has now been adopted by law enforcement . . . . Continue Reading »
In the Chronicle of Higher Education , Edward and Robert Skidelsky argue in defense of leisure—-and against an economy focused on growth: It will be said that, while a little leisure is pleasant, men would not know how to fill their days if they had only four hours of work out of the 24. . . . . Continue Reading »
James R. Rogers on the meaning of the “the pursuit of happiness” : The right to “the pursuit of happiness” affirmed in the Declaration of Independence is taken these days to affirm a right to chase after whatever makes one subjectively happy. Further, the Declaration . . . . Continue Reading »
Peter Singer, the crass infanticide and “speciesism” promoter is an atheist. Bully for him, and who cares? But his antipathy toward faith may explain his hostility to, and utter confusion about, religious liberty.Singer has written that Obamacare’s “Free . . . . Continue Reading »
In the May issue I discussed the dangers of the Selma analogy , the approach to gay rights that seeks to adopt the strong and often coercive measures that were developed to fight against racial discrimination. Well, it seems that the Canadians are well ahead of us . The province of Quebec has . . . . Continue Reading »
Israel, alas, is widely viewed with disdain, if not outright hostility, in the contemporary Western world. The biggest exception to this sentiment is the United States and, arguably, the primary reason for this is the Christian Zionism of many American Christians, particularly Protestants. . . . . Continue Reading »
All will be explained by me as part of this great event: Wednesday, June 27, 2012. 7:00pm until 9:00pm. Join us for June’s Conservatism on Tap event: “AFTER OBAMACARE” Featuring Kyle Duncan, General Counsel at Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, and Peter Augustine Lawler, . . . . Continue Reading »
My Last Post as an Atheist Leah Libresco, Patheos Lies, Truth, and Live Action’s Tactics Christopher O. Tollefsen, Public Discourse ‘Measurable Outcomes’ and Higher Education Peter Lawler, Big Think Catholic Health Association Drops Support for HHS Plan Dan . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday’s election result in Greece was about the best that could have been realistically hoped for. And that might be the most depressing thing. Let’s recap: Greece is broke. Greece’s government needs loans to pay salaries and pensions, but only a lunatic . . . . Continue Reading »
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